The Professor Who Sailed Back Into the Dark
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood on the deck of a ship bound for New York, watching the German coastline disappear. Friends had arranged a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Matthew 4:12-23.
In June 1939, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stood on the deck of a ship bound for New York, watching the German coastline disappear. Friends had arranged a safe teaching position at Union Theological Seminary — a way out of Hitler's tightening grip. America offered security, a prestigious career, and distance from the gathering horror. He lasted twenty-six days. Writing to Reinhold Niebuhr, Bonhoeffer confessed: "I have made a mistake in coming to America.…
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